Fedora 24 vs. Ubuntu 16.04 vs. Clear Linux vs. Others Benchmarking
Intel Core i5-6600K testing with a MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.


Fedora 24: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Fedora 24, Kernel: 4.5.5-300.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.1 (git-79b0e13), Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160510, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Clear Linux 8900: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Clear Linux 8900, Kernel: 4.6.2-233.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.0-rc4 (git-5e0b11c), Compiler: GCC 6.1.0 + Clang 3.8.0 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Debian Testing: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.6.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.2, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.2, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Solus 1.2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 191f, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Device 1912 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Device 15b8

	OS: Solus 1.2, Kernel: 4.4.13 (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.2, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 + Clang 3.8.0 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Scientific Linux 7.2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Scientific 7.2, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.6.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 65.92 |==================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 62.51 |================================
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 58.54 |==============================
Debian Testing ....... 64.37 |=================================
Solus 1.2 ............ 66.86 |==================================
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 95.93 |=================================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 280.91 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 302.65 |=============================================
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 321.31 |================================================
Debian Testing ....... 284.23 |==========================================
Solus 1.2 ............ 270.57 |========================================
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 312.77 |===============================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 779.46  |====================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 826.39  |=====================
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 1849.05 |===============================================
Debian Testing ....... 881.51  |======================
Solus 1.2 ............ 888.02  |=======================
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 848.17  |======================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 348.55 |=========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 481.42 |==================================
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 674.87 |================================================
Debian Testing ....... 449.03 |================================
Solus 1.2 ............ 450.67 |================================
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 228.94 |================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ........ 48.69 |==================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 51.49 |=====================================================
Clear Linux 8900 . 48.06 |=================================================
Debian Testing ... 48.69 |==================================================
Solus 1.2 ........ 39.35 |=========================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ........ 84.46 |==================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 65.26 |=======================================
Clear Linux 8900 . 79.44 |===============================================
Debian Testing ... 88.94 |=====================================================
Solus 1.2 ........ 72.90 |===========================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ........ 35.76 |====================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 31.98 |===============================================
Clear Linux 8900 . 35.60 |====================================================
Debian Testing ... 36.43 |=====================================================
Solus 1.2 ........ 32.18 |===============================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ........ 219 |======================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 216 |======================================================
Clear Linux 8900 . 217 |======================================================
Debian Testing ... 222 |=======================================================
Solus 1.2 ........ 220 |=======================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ........ 12246 |==============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 7402  |============================
Clear Linux 8900 . 12111 |=============================================
Debian Testing ... 14228 |=====================================================
Solus 1.2 ........ 8171  |==============================


FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 4234.46 |========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 4005.39 |=======================
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 8247.73 |===============================================
Debian Testing ....... 7694.58 |============================================
Solus 1.2 ............ 4042.77 |=======================
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 8107.17 |==============================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 10248 |==============
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 10595 |===============
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 8543  |============
Debian Testing ....... 8679  |============
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 35284 |=================================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 15497522 |===========
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 17319783 |============
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 15540253 |===========
Debian Testing ....... 15715265 |===========
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 64618931 |==============================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 3418683  |==============
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 3495351  |===============
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 3305860  |==============
Debian Testing ....... 3371603  |==============
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 10920808 |==============================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 4307 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 4742 |===============================================
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 5008 |==================================================
Debian Testing ....... 4609 |==============================================
Solus 1.2 ............ 4427 |============================================
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 4804 |================================================


x264 2015-11-02
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ........ 169.96 |=================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 172.92 |=================================================
Clear Linux 8900 . 181.87 |====================================================
Debian Testing ... 173.65 |==================================================
Solus 1.2 ........ 173.44 |==================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 2558.41 |===============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 2498.31 |==============================================
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 2400.94 |============================================
Debian Testing ....... 2523.68 |==============================================
Solus 1.2 ............ 2479.47 |==============================================
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 2519.59 |==============================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 127.26 |================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 109.42 |=========================================
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 126.18 |================================================
Debian Testing ....... 109.30 |=========================================
Solus 1.2 ............ 125.12 |===============================================
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 107.12 |========================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 37.67 |=================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 35.72 |==============================================
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 27.90 |====================================
Debian Testing ....... 19.94 |==========================
Solus 1.2 ............ 36.50 |===============================================
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 19.73 |==========================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 2559.78 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 2128.54 |===================================
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 2830.99 |===============================================
Debian Testing ....... 1998.34 |=================================
Solus 1.2 ............ 1728.97 |=============================
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 1382.98 |=======================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPUSH
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 2151796.83 |=======================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 2345845.42 |==========================================
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 2445405.33 |============================================
Debian Testing ....... 2299159.29 |=========================================
Solus 1.2 ............ 2378765.63 |===========================================
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 2040935.67 |=====================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 2725170.75 |=====================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 3243387.17 |============================================
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 3266798.17 |============================================
Debian Testing ....... 3181906.92 |===========================================
Solus 1.2 ............ 3201574.13 |===========================================
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 2702742.17 |====================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 24 ............ 2141763.58 |=======================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 2309477.00 |==========================================
Clear Linux 8900 ..... 2407763.50 |============================================
Debian Testing ....... 2362225.17 |===========================================
Solus 1.2 ............ 2292436.70 |==========================================
Scientific Linux 7.2 . 2024363.21 |=====================================